Phalloptychus

Phalloptychus
Phalloptychus eigenmanni, male in middle, female at bottom (Pamphorichthys hasemani, top)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Genus: Phalloptychus

Phalloptychus is a genus of poeciliids native to eastern and southern Brazil, northern Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Phalloptychus eigenmanni Henn, 1916
  • Phalloptychus januarius (R. F. Hensel, 1868)

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Phalloptychus in FishBase. August 2012 version.


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